VELAZCO v. STATE

No. SC20-506.

342 So.3d 614 (2022)

Robert VELAZCO, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 30, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Mirer , Miami, Florida, for Petitioner.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, Michael W. Mervine , Bureau Chief, and Kseniya Smychkouskaya , Assistant Attorney General, Miami, Florida, for Respondent.


Petitioner Robert Velazco argues that his convictions for driving under the influence causing damage to property and serious bodily injury to a person under section 316.193(3)(c), Florida Statutes (2014), are degree variants of the same criminal offense so that double jeopardy is violated. We agree.

Because the convictions are...

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